Epithema

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Epithema carnosum var. hispida 06.JPG

| image_caption = Epithema carnosum var. hispida

| taxon = Epithema

| authority = Blume (1826)

| display_parents = 3

| synonyms =

  • Aikinia {{small|R.Br. (1832), nom. illeg.}}
  • Carpocalymna {{small|Zipp. (1829)}}

| synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17016-1 Epithema Blume]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 August 2024.

}}

Epithemavon Blume CL (1826) Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 14: 737. is a genus of plants in the family Gesneriaceae and subfamily Didymocarpoideae. Species range from western tropical Africa to Uganda, tropical and subtropical Asia, and New Guinea.

Species

File:Gesneriaceae (Epithema sarawakense) flower close-up (15317183689).jpg

20 species are accepted.

References

{{cite web|url= http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2014/browse/tree/id/17099835|title= Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist.|accessdate= 25 July 2019 |author= Roskov Y. |author2= Kunze T. |author3= Orrell T. |author4= Abucay L. |author5= Paglinawan L. |author6= Culham A. |author7= Bailly N. |author8= Kirk P. |author9= Bourgoin T. |author10= Baillargeon G. |author11= Decock W. |author12= De Wever A. |editor= Didžiulis V.|year= 2014| publisher =Species 2000: Reading, UK.}}